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The stash of bitcoins will be auctioned later this month by the US Marshals Service.

CNNMoneyFeds to auction $17.4 million in bitcoin from Silk RoadCNNMoneySpecifically excluded from the auction are bidders “acting on behalf of or in concert” with Ulbricht or Silk Road. Bitcoin has had a rocky year of its own. A series of thefts — including one that bankrupted Mt.Gox, the most popular Bitcoin exchange … …read more

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CNNMoneyFeds to auction $17.4 million in bitcoin from Silk RoadCNNMoneySpecifically excluded from the auction are bidders “acting on behalf of or in concert” with Ulbricht or Silk Road. Bitcoin has had a rocky year of its own. A series of thefts — including one that bankrupted Mt.Gox, the most popular Bitcoin exchange … … Read […]

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CNNMoneyFeds to auction $17.4 million in bitcoin from Silk RoadCNNMoneySpecifically excluded from the auction are bidders “acting on behalf of or in concert” with Ulbricht or Silk Road. Bitcoin has had a rocky year of its own. A series of thefts — including one that bankrupted Mt.Gox, the most popular Bitcoin exchange … … Read […]

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CNNMoneySpecifically excluded from the auction are bidders “acting on behalf of or in concert” with Ulbricht or Silk Road. Bitcoin has had a rocky year of its own. A series of thefts — including one that bankrupted Mt.Gox, the most popular Bitcoin exchange … …read more

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CNNMoneySpecifically excluded from the auction are bidders “acting on behalf of or in concert” with Ulbricht or Silk Road. Bitcoin has had a rocky year of its own. A series of thefts — including one that bankrupted Mt.Gox, the most popular Bitcoin exchange … …read more

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The government currently owns $100 million worth of Bitcoin, seized from Silk Road and its alleged proprietor Ross Ulbricht, who has not yet been tried. The feds say they're ready to auction them off.

Business InsiderElsewhere, Expedia announced it has begun accepting Bitcoin; and a Bitcoin mining company called HashPlex raised a seed round of $400,000 from a group of investors that included SecondMarket’s Barry Silbert. The firm says it can run a user’s Bitcoin …Outsource Your Bitcoin Mining To HashPlex, Which Just Raised A Seed RoundTechCrunchBitcoin Miner Hosting […]

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Business InsiderElsewhere, Expedia announced it has begun accepting Bitcoin; and a Bitcoin mining company called HashPlex raised a seed round of $400,000 from a group of investors that included SecondMarket’s Barry Silbert. The firm says it can run a user’s Bitcoin …Outsource Your Bitcoin Mining To HashPlex, Which Just Raised A Seed RoundTechCrunchBitcoin Miner Hosting […]

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Opinions on Bitcoin vary, but many venture capitalists are still eager to get in the game despite the admittedly large set of unknown variables. Others, however, like billionaire investor Warren Buffett, argue that Bitcoin is a “mirage” with no intrinsic value and therefore isn’t a viable investment. Many established investors, such as Buffett, feel that Bitcoin is […]

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Airbnb and Uber may seem revolutionary now, but they're just the beginning of a much larger movement, says venture capitalist Fred Wilson

SecondMarket's Barry Silbert and senior Facebook engineer Jason Prado led the funding round in the mining-focused company.

 Are too many Bitcoin mining rigs making your office or home unspeakably hot or noisy? You can just outsource it to someone else. Or at least that’s the premise behind HashPlex, a cryptocurrency-miner hosting company that just raised $400,000 from investors including SecondMarket co-founder Barry Silbert’s Bitcoin Opportunity Corp. and Facebook engineer Jason Prado. Basically, you… Read More

 Sending a bitcoin isn’t that hard – if you know what you’re doing. But since the Federal Election Commission OKed the use of bitcoin by political action committees, things have gotten a little hairy. CoinVox, a service created by Christopher David and Christa Marie Clark, is looking to smooth the path from your bitcoin wallet to your favorite politician’s war chest.… Read More

The feature allows merchants in Coinbase's network to extend discounts of up to 25% to their customers.

Education specialist Treehouse speaks to CoinDesk about the benefits bitcoin can bring to global students.

Kick-start your entry into the hot market with these expert tips and resources

Embracing the cloud is all well and good--until it cripples your IT department.

BTCJam uses bitcoin as a 'pipe' to shift value around the globe, allowing anyone to borrow via its platform.

ARGENTINA and Bitcoin would appear to be a match made in heaven. On the one side stands a country which since the second world war has suffered numerous bouts of inflation, and even hyperinflation--rising to as high as 20,000% in the late 1980s (see our recent briefing on the country). Things are better these days, but inflation is still expected to hit 38% by the end of the year. Comment Expiry Date:  Fri, 2014-06-27

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In 2001, a group of libertarians decided they would try to recruit 20,000 people to move to a low-population state and take over its politics. They're almost there, but now many think technology is the best way to achieve the freedom they want.

Launched by e-payments provider AstroPay, Ripple LatAm will serve Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and more.

Ghash.io is a Bitcoin mining pool that has been around for over a year. In the last year, Ghash.io has steadily grown a too-loyal backing of miners taking advantage of their large size and 0% fee structure. Ghash.io works alongside Cex.io, one of the first cloudhashing services to be adopted by the masses. Customers can […]

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One of the world's largest online travel agencies, Expedia, says it will accept the virtual currency Bitcoin as a form of payment.

The move marks the first investment in BitAccess as the Canadian startup seeks to move to the next level.

Raphael Nicolle, creator of the Bitcoin trading platform Bitfinex, has announced on reddit.com/r/bitcoinmarkets that the digital currency exchange has plans to distance themselves from Bitstamp’s order books. When answering a question on a large price difference between the two, Raphael commented with the news.   Arbitrage Question he original question was from user Poryhack: “As I write […]

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In a recent PayPal survey regarding online shopping and payment methods, PayPal asked Reddit user SwiftBoatVet whether or not they used Bitcoin as a method of payment for goods and services. That’s when Vet started taking screenshots of the questions that PayPal began asking once they said yes.   In a post on Reddit, Vet […]

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Changpeng Zhao, a senior exec at one of bitcoin's biggest companies has jumped to one of its largest exchanges.